Chateau Poujeaux - Moulis En Medoc Cru Bourgeois 2018 (750ml)
Price: $50.00
| Producer | Chateau Poujeaux |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blends |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 9805 |
| Size | 750ml |
Decanter: 93 Points
Poujeaux is a wine that I often hold up as classic example of what the Médoc can achieve and here again it's a huge success. It has a beautiful nose with vibrant and well extracted brambly dark fruits on the palate - but not so much that it feels like it's pushing too hard. It's an architectural wine a more classic take on the vintage but for me this is where the money is in Moulis. It takes its time to unravel and the heat of the summer comes through in its rich ripe mouthfeel. The tannins close in on the finish which has a menthol and eucalyptus edge that suggests a long life ahead.
Wine Enthusiast: 93 Points
This is a big-hearted wine ripe with both black-plum flavors and generous tannins. At this stage the structure is prominent but with the weight of the fruits the wine will balance out full ripe and ready to drink from 2026. Roger Voss
James Suckling: 93 Points
Pretty aromas of wild blackberries violets milk chocolate and licorice. It?s medium-to full-bodied with firm creamy tannins. Polished and concentrated. Better from 2024.
Vinous: 92 Points
The 2018 Poujeaux has an intense bouquet featuring layers of blackberry and bilberry fruit a light marine scent and a lingering a patina of oak that still needs time to be subsumed. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet entry plush and very pliant tannins framing a Poujeaux of impressive volume and grip. Cohesive from start to finish it shuts down a little on the finish indicating that this Moulis has long-term plans. - By Neal Martin on January 2021
